Garment-hanger.



N. E. MILES.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED 11mm, 1907.

Patented 0G11.` 6, 1908.

Wigwam NANoY E. MILEs, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

GARMENT-IIANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908. l

Application ledvDecember 24:, 1.907; l Serial No. 407,888. l

To all whom it may concern: .f

v Be it known that I, NANCY E. MILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates' to garmenthangers of the foldable type, and more particularly to a hanger intended to hold a complete suit.

The invention has for one of its objects` to improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this character so as to be comparatively easy and inexpensive l to manufacture, composed of few parts, and designed to be folded into a compact space when not in use, and readily manipulated.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a suit hanger having its parts so arranged that a coat or jacket can be removed without disturbing the skirt or trousers, as the case may be, or vice versa.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pair of springressed clampin jaws which can be used for Iolding a pair o trousers or a skirt, in combination with a pair of arms hingedly mounted on one of the jaws for receiving a coat or jacket.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger with the parts unfolded so as to be ready for use. Fig. 2 is a front view with the coat-supporting arms of loops partly folded. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing one of the spring-pressed jaws. f

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A and B designate the jaws or gripping members for supporting a pair of trousers or a skirt and these members are preferably constructed of sheet metal and formed into grips or finger pieces 1 and jaw portions 2. The members A and B are rovlded with apertured lugs `3 which over a and through the apertures thereof exten s a pivot 4 for hingedly connecting the Vor other support. elongated' inbothv directions from the grips jaw members. On the pivot is coiled a torsionalspring 5 whichfoperates to hold the jaws 2of the members closed. The upper ends ofthe rips 1 are formed into eyes 6 whereby the lianger can be placed on a hook The jaw portions 2 are -1 and are bent inwardly-so that the edges will contact, and these edges are serrated as designated byv 7 so as to increase the grip of the jaws on the garments. v

. By pressing the grips 1 together, the jaws 2 are spread apart against the tension of the spring and after a garment is vinserted between the jaws, the grips are released so that the jaws will takehold of the garment. In applying 'a skirt, the waist band thereof is inserted between the jaws so that the skirt will hang evenly at all points, and to supporta pair of trousers, the legs of the latter are laced between the jaws so as to grip the ower ends of the legs and support the trousers in inverted osition, whereby the weight of the latter wi l tend to crease or maintain the creases in the legs.

Carried by the jaw member B are coat or jacket supporting arms C and D, which in the present instance are in the form of wire loops, the ends of the wires being twisted together to form Shanks 8. The extremities of the wires are bent into oppositely-disposed lugs 9 which engage in apertures 10 in collars 11 which are mounted on inde endent pivots 12 secured to the jaw member By mounting the arm in this manner, they can be folded upwardly against each other and approximately parallel with the grips 1 and can be unfolded or swung downwardly to normal position, as shown in Fig. 1. Extending outwardly from the jaw member B are hookshaped stops 13 on which the shanks of the members C and D bear when a garment is supported on the latter. If desired, the arms C and D can be sprung outwardly beyond the stops 13 so as to permit the arms to be folded downwardly as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, thus providing another method ofcollapsing the hanger.

The hook-shaped stops 13 hold the arms C and D in outstanding position for receiving a coat, and by forming the stops into hooks, the arms cannot swing outwardly on the inwardly-bent ends 9 of the arms as long as a coat is supported on the arms. When it is desired to fold the arms C and D, they are first raised to a point to clear the hooks 13 and then swung outwardly away 'from the member B so that they can be dropped past the stops 13 to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2. The collars 11 turn on the pivots 12 as the arms C and D are folded, and in order to permit the arms to swing horizontally over the hooks 13, the arms are pivotally connected with the collars 11 by the ends 9 of the wires being inserted in the apertures l() of the collars. By this construction, the arms are pivoted to swing on two different axes.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together' with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of a trousers or skirt hanging device, a pair of coat-supporting arms, parallel pivots on the device, collars rotatably mounted on the pivots, means for securely connecting the arms with the collars, and hook-shaped stops on the device 'lor holding the arms in supporting position.

2. The combination of skirt or trousers MICHAEL A. REGAN, JOHN C. RUoKELsHAUs. 

